Those poor people.

Black Narcissus is no A Matter of Life and Death, but if it ever drifts across your TV screen again, consider giving it another look. It's a grower, as young Craig says.

Black Narcissus is no A Matter of Life and Death, but if it ever drifts across your TV screen again, consider giving it another look. It's a grower, as young Craig says.

yeah, and they manage to make the Archdeacon plausible and kind of sympathetic while cheerfully carrying on with the running gag about him looking and acting like some kind of gangster. He was always one of my favorite things about the show.

yeah, and they manage to make the Archdeacon plausible and kind of sympathetic while cheerfully carrying on with the running gag about him looking and acting like some kind of gangster. He was always one of my favorite things about the show.

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Yeah, that was a really pleasing bit. David choosing a weird human as a role model was a nice touch.

Yeah, that was a really pleasing bit. David choosing a weird human as a role model was a nice touch.

I'm genuinely glad that lots of people liked this - people enjoying things! Yay!

I'm genuinely glad that lots of people liked this - people enjoying things! Yay!

Oh yeah, I agree absolutely - I was clumsily making a distinction between a) the 'unrealism' which consisted of technical implausibilities, gaps & plot holes, and b) the bizarre human reactions of the crew, which were the main problem.

Oh yeah, I agree absolutely - I was clumsily making a distinction between a) the 'unrealism' which consisted of technical implausibilities, gaps & plot holes, and b) the bizarre human reactions of the crew, which were the main problem.

Yeah, I liked the 'David occupying himself' bit, and @green_gin_rickey:disqus  - Lawrence of Arabia! That was one nice little sci-fi gag. If an android has to have a specific haircut and so on, why not give him an interesting reason for choosing that 'look'? And the idea of David (innocently?) choosing a really…

Yeah, I liked the 'David occupying himself' bit, and @green_gin_rickey:disqus  - Lawrence of Arabia! That was one nice little sci-fi gag. If an android has to have a specific haircut and so on, why not give him an interesting reason for choosing that 'look'? And the idea of David (innocently?) choosing a really…

@bakana42:disqus Exactly; can't be said too often.

@bakana42:disqus Exactly; can't be said too often.

That's it. The plot holes and technical implausibilities (the kind of thing I'm sure we've all willingly ignored before) are almost a distraction from the main problem, which was that no-one's words or actions seemed to have anything to do with what we could see on the screen (or what had recently happened).

That's it. The plot holes and technical implausibilities (the kind of thing I'm sure we've all willingly ignored before) are almost a distraction from the main problem, which was that no-one's words or actions seemed to have anything to do with what we could see on the screen (or what had recently happened).

@avclub-bbb3af3d466d7231aa738ff95762091d:disqus MOVIE SPOILERS…not going to re-state my earlier post, but: do you really think that saying "the only way to improve life is to forcibly and secretly drug an entire society into passive obedience" = 'optimism about human nature'? Some of us hope that things can be…

@avclub-bbb3af3d466d7231aa738ff95762091d:disqus MOVIE SPOILERS…not going to re-state my earlier post, but: do you really think that saying "the only way to improve life is to forcibly and secretly drug an entire society into passive obedience" = 'optimism about human nature'? Some of us hope that things can be…